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kids teaching kids®

This partnership with Medical City Children’s Hospital seeks to ensure North Texas families have the knowledge and resources to change their eating habits for the better.

kids teaching kids® includes a 21-Day Snacking Challenge for both elementary students and adults, as well as the Kids Fit Menu!® program, which features high school culinary students’ recipes on local restaurant menus to encourage healthy eating throughout our community.

Results & Impact

389,000

students
signed up since 2014

25

school districts
participating across North Texas

70%

of participants
tried new fruits or vegetables

$325,000

provided
to North Texas school districts since 2017 by corporate and nonprofit supporters

    389,000

    students
    signed up since 2014

    25

    school districts
    participating across North Texas

    70%

    of participants
    tried new fruits or vegetables

    $325,000

    provided
    to North Texas school districts since 2017 by corporate and nonprofit supporters

    kids teaching kids® is a partnership of:

    Medical City Children’s HospitalUnited Way of Metropolitan Dallas
    2024-2025 Supporters:
    AdvocareDairy MAXla MadeleineTexas Rangers Foundation

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